Popular baby names in Arizona, 1978

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (612 babies) and Michael for boys (826). Social Security records list 35,366 babies born in Arizona in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1978

Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Celina: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marcella: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Isabel: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Corina: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelica: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Margarita: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Yvonne: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bianca: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Adrianne: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alma: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Francisco: 94 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rudy: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Armando: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fernando: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jesus: 95 babies, 4× the national rate
Manuel: 86 babies, 4× the national rate
Gilbert: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Abel: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerardo: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alfonso: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	612	–	1
2	Melissa	356	–	2
3	Jessica	342	–	3
4	Michelle	293	–	9
5	Heather	256	–	5
6	Christina	252	↑1	15
7	Sarah	251	↑3	8
8	Lisa	249	–	11
9	Stephanie	239	–	16
10	Amy	224	↓4	4
11	Angela	217	–	7
12	Andrea	206	–	23
13	Elizabeth	197	↑3	14
14	Nicole	192	↑7	10
15	Amanda	190	↑2	6
16	Kimberly	178	↓3	13
17	Rebecca	165	↓3	17
18	Maria	163	↓3	36
19	Kelly	155	↑1	12
20	Shannon	153	↓2	22
21	Crystal	139	↑1	18
22	Jamie	133	↑2	20
23	Rachel	128	↑2	25
24	Veronica	123	↓1	73
25	Laura	122	↑1	19
26	Amber	120	↑1	30
27	Monica	118	↓8	42
28	Mary	115	–	24
29	Sara	112	↑5	28
30	Erin	110	↑1	21
31	Julie	107	↓2	26
32	Danielle	106	↑5	31
33	Vanessa	105	new	76
34	April	104	↑1	27
35	Cynthia	99	↑1	50
36	Erica	96	↑8	34
37	Tara	93	↑1	40
38	Christine	88	↓8	29
39	Tiffany	88	↓6	32
40	Carrie	85	↑5	35
41	Patricia	79	↓9	48
42	Katherine	78	new	38
43	Emily	76	↑6	33
44	Alicia	73	new	58
45	Sandra	73	↓2	69
46	Anna	70	↓5	65
47	Dawn	70	↓8	52
48	Tina	67	new	45
49	Melanie	65	new	54
50	Tracy	65	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	826	–	1
2	Christopher	598	↑1	3
3	Jason	582	↓1	2
4	David	511	–	4
5	Robert	430	–	8
6	James	403	–	5
7	Matthew	372	↑3	6
8	Daniel	369	↓1	11
9	Brian	334	–	9
10	John	320	↓2	7
11	Joseph	320	↑3	10
12	Joshua	320	↓1	12
13	Ryan	266	↓1	14
14	Richard	250	↓1	21
15	Jeremy	248	–	18
16	William	222	↑1	13
17	Steven	215	↑3	24
18	Eric	211	↓2	16
19	Anthony	201	↓1	20
20	Timothy	197	↑9	17
21	Aaron	190	–	32
22	Adam	189	↑11	29
23	Justin	188	–	28
24	Jeffrey	181	–	19
25	Kevin	175	↓3	15
26	Andrew	170	–	22
27	Mark	166	↓8	26
28	Jose	164	↓3	44
29	Nicholas	163	new	25
30	Scott	155	↑1	30
31	Thomas	155	↓4	23
32	Charles	151	↑2	27
33	Brandon	145	↑5	40
34	Benjamin	132	↓6	34
35	Jonathan	131	↓3	31
36	Stephen	127	↑4	37
37	Paul	121	↓7	33
38	Gabriel	118	↑4	90
39	Nathan	116	↓4	36
40	Jacob	112	↓1	50
41	Travis	112	↓4	46
42	Patrick	111	↑4	42
43	Shawn	105	↓7	39
44	Juan	102	↑4	62
45	Chad	100	–	35
46	Carlos	99	↓2	78
47	Jesse	95	↓6	51
48	Jesus	95	new	>100
49	Kenneth	95	↓6	41
50	Francisco	94	↓3	>100

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